ATI Catalyst drivers

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Never Settle Driver Performance and Bundle

AMD launches the Never Settle Marketing campaign. Part of that campaign is the new AMD 12.11 Catalyst driver as this driver has had some TLC from AMD, improving overall performance on a number of games. Next to that AMD is launching their Never Settle Game Bundle, purchase a R7000 series dedicated card and you can get some great free game(s). Our little article will cover both the driver performance and that game bundle.

AMD Catalyst Application Profile 12.9 CAP1 download

Download the AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.9 CAP1 release. These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support. This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

AMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL driver download

AMD issued a new WHQL-signed Catalyst driver. Catalyst 12.6 WHQL, along with Catalyst 12.7 beta, were released on Thursday. Catalyst 12.6 WHQL ships with a wide range of stability optimizations, while 12.7 beta ships with the same, plus performance optimizations for a wide range of games.

With Catalyst 12.6 WHQL, AMD fixed several outstanding bugs such as GPUs with ZeroCore hanging when the system goes to S2/S3 sleep, certain CrossFire setups hanging after cutscenes in Call of Duty: Black Ops, display corruption in Heroes and Generals in DirectX 11 mode, CrossFire + Eyefinity with Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs resulting in BSOD errors, etc. Catalyst 12.7 beta includes all these, plus performance improvements for games, except that it lacks WHQL certification. Optimizations include up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, 15% in Total War: Shogun, 10% in DiRT 3, 6% in Batman: Arkham City, and 3% in Battlefield 3.

AMD Catalyst 12.6 includes some additional fixes(not found in the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards for issues related to the GPU hanging when the system goes to sleep. Please ensure that your System BIOS is up to date. Some occurrences of this issue may be related to outdated System BIOS.

AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.4 CAP2

This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.3 CAP1

This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

Latest profiles added :

FireFall: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations

AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.1 CAP3 Download

Grab the new AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.1 CAP3 release. These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support.

This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

Latest profiles added :

Alan Wake: The American Nightmare - Improves CrossFire performance

Syndicate

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview driver available

Next to the Catalyst 12.1 suite, AMD has today issued another graphics driver, a preview version of the Catalyst 12.2 which is set to come in WHQL-tagged form next month. Recommended for 'gamers', this preview release includes all the updates of Catalyst 12.1 as well as the following:

AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements

Additional resolution support: Users can now choose from a larger set of resolutions when running AMD Eyefinity

AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1 WHQL Driver Download

AMD has made available the first WHQL-certified graphics drivers of 2012, the Catalyst 12.1. This release includes support for Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000 and HD 6000 series desktops (and mobile) cards (but not the HD 7970), for Radeon 3000 and HD 4000 chipsets, and features the following:

AMD HD3D technology support enhancement

Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations

Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported display

Please be sure to select the "Restore Factory Defaults" option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature - this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles

Multiple AMD Radeon Drivers 11.12 and 12.1

Over the past few days multiple new AMD Radeon drivers have surfaced in our forums. Some official, others not.

Here a small recap,

Yesterday asder00 spotted this official AMD Catalyst 11.12 (8.921.2 January 4) [HD7000] update./ Obviously it is the currenbt build 11.12 driver yet not with family 7000 support. You can find info here.

There is also a new AMD Catalyst 12.x driver with build / date 8.95 - January 03 2012. This is an unofficial released driver that can be found here.

Then there is of course the AMD Catalyst 12.1a (8.930.10 January 2) AMD Official BETA, which you can grab here.

And finally there's one AMD Catalyst 12.x (8.94 January 03) Unofficial BETA which can be found here.

Please read up the forum threads what driver will be the most interesting for you. Are you in Crossfire mode ? Then you need to install the latest AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 11.12 CAP2 as well, download here.

AMD Catalyst 11.12 WHQL download

AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview Driver 32-64-bit driver

AMD would like to share a preview of AMD's 12.1 Catalyst driver. Not only does this driver raises the bar on performance and fixes a few issues, but it also introduces quite a few new features, as well as UI enhancements. You'll find the list of changes below.

AMD HD3D technology support enhancementEnables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurationsDelivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays.